Re: TV Licensing scenario


"Chris Lawrence" <news03@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Most modern TVs these days will scan for channels, identify them and
> generally sort everything out themselves. You need a television license
> if your television is installed for the purpose of receiving these
> broadcasts.
>
> If I have a television which I use only for watching DVDs and playing
> console games, I do not need a license. In that case, in order to help
> demonstrate that I do not use the TV for receiving broadcasts, I can
> detune every channel and ensure there is no aerial plugged in. I don't
> need to do this, but consensus is that it helps a lot.
>
> However what if live very close to a transmitter such that even without
> an aerial plugged in, I can receive a reasonable, somewhat snowy
> picture? Let's say that the TV automatically set this up on some
> obscure channel. If such a channel was discovered by a TVL inspector,
> it would seem to be very difficult to prove that the TV was not
> installed for the purpose of receiving broadcasts, despite the lack of
> external aerial.
>
> It seems that the only way to help protect against this is to go through
> every available channel and ensure it's manually detuned. Perhaps the
> TV doesn't support manual tuning though, and auto-scans and locks on
> regardless of attempts to shift it off. Removing the tuning board may
> have been an option in the days when tellys had glowing valves and
> push-buttons, but doesn't seem to apply to modern equipment.
>
> Has anyone been in a similar situation? Does anyone here actually have
> a TV and only use it for non-broadcast purposes? If so, TVL would ask
> to come and see it but what exactly would they do? Hop through every
> channel?
>
> This house is covered by a license but I noticed a very poor quality
> picture on one of the obscure high channels last night, despite the fact
> that the aerial is not used, and that got me wondering about the above.
>
> --
> Chris

FFS will everyone please stop posting this bollox.

If you want to evade the license, buy a plasma without a tuner, or pay the
license you feckin moaning plant.



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